Course Integration Through Joint Student Research Projects

9350949 Robert Badger本项目使用35毫米岩石显微镜和摄像机、实验室计算机工作站和一些计算机软件，作为整合两门高级地质学课程：构造地质学和岩石学的项目的一部分。该项目正在开展面向实地的学生研究，涵盖并综合了这两个学科的要素。该项目涉及对距离校园约10英里的糜棱岩区进行调查。学生们首先将其作为岩石学项目的一部分进行研究；在接下来的一个学期，他们将继续对糜棱岩带的研究，这是构造地质学课堂项目的一部分，并结合了他们在岩石学课堂上获得的数据。这个项目的关键是学生的合作能力。各个小组正在糜棱岩带的不同部分进行研究，因此他们分享数据，并共同制定想法和工作模型。＊＊＊

9350949 Robert Badger This project is using a petrographic microscope with 35mm and video camera, an in-lab computer work station and some computer software as part of a project that is integrating two upper- level geology courses, Structural Geology and Petrology. The project is developing field-oriented student research that encompasses and synthesizes elements of both disciplines. The project involves an investigation of a well-exposed mylonite zone located approximately 10 miles from campus. Students first are studying it as part of a petrology project; the following semester they are continuing their research on the mylonite zone as part of a class project in structural geology, incorporating their data from the petrology class. Critical to this project is the ability of the students to work cooperatively. Groups are working on different parts of the mylonite zone, so they are sharing their data and are working together to formulate ideas and working models. ***